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The philosophic approach of moderneducation is that of the anc ient Greekand Roman philosophers. And theydidn't know the answer, .But here I have rapped out four typedpages of this talk on my office typewriter, and I have been informed that Iam ' already past the usual deadl ine forgelling this to the printers, so I'm afraidI 'ca nn ot take time to get that answerinto this present talk. It ought to taketen to twenty typed pages to explain i t,anyway. So i t probably would be betterto write i t as a full article later on.But don 't think you already know theanswer. You don't!I thought I d id; yet I d id not know thefull answer until just recently. -When we

STOP GROWING in knowledge, we'rethrough. I don 't propose to be through

income. Money can 't buy happiness orcontentment, or the things that reallysatisfy - CONTtNUALLY, without ever aletdown .But I am no longe r a lad of e ighteen.I 'm even older than Jack Benny 's thirtynine. And ,I not only know these answers, bu t I know also that there isonlyONE PLACE ON EARTH where a studentmay learn these answers that are worthmore than all the money in the world.But, for that mat te r, when yo u l ea rn'these answers and apply them , you don'thave to worry about money - for thev ery application of these pr inciplesbrings economic security.The only college or university onearth that teaches these MOST IMPOR-TANT areas of knowledge are the twoAmbassador Colleges - at Pasadena,

EDUCATION FOR lIIEI - K

Even today wecan find an occasional"change of pace" by attending a game.There we will see thousands beingthr il led by scintillating play. Are thesebasketball " fans" enjoying life? If youask t hem, at the moment . the a nswermight be 'you 'betI " Are they bored?Not during the excitement of the game!Do they feel a sort of menial, emotional,or spiritual hunger? Not during the thrillof the game. .- But after the game - then what?Why, after the game is over and the"fans". have gone home, do they experience a letdown - until the next g a m e ~ orthe next experience of some pleasure?I got to wondering. After the game, Idon 't experience any letdown. I don'thave to suffer the experience of EMPTI-NESS, boredom. or this sort of soul hun-ger - whatever it is - unt il the nextexciting entertainment . As a matter offact, I find my -Iife interesting, invigorating , stimulating, satisfying, andabundant at all timeslll is tremendouslyexciting at times . But i t is never boring.never dull, never discontented!WH Y?What's the difference?I know what's the difference. I want totel lyou what i t is.The answeris bound up in these questions I asked at the beg in nin g of thisPersonal talk with my readers.I have learned WHAT man lS II have learned that "man was put onthis ear th for a PURPOSE, and I have

learned what that purpose IS I I havelearned HOW to fulfill it, I have learnedWHAT the true values are . and what arethe false. And I have learned the secret

What Is Life?Did you ever wonde r why it i s thatnearlyeverybody wants to livea life thatis pleasing, enjoyable , interes ting without boredom, aches, pains . suffering, or unpleasant environments or circumstances? .And yet , nearly everyoneexperiences a HUNGER for something

that will really SATISFY; and yet, somehow . he never finds ' it . except a t brief-in tervals that never seem tolast.When this Work of God was onlyabout two years under way - or three in Eugene, Oregon. and I was, most ofthe time, preaching in evangelistic campa igns about six nights a week, broad

Is a man t ru iy educated unlesS . heknows WHAT HE IS? And unless heknows WHY he is, whether there isany purpose or meaning to life, andwhat that is? And unless he knows wherehe is going in the end? And unless heknows the true values from the false andTHE WAY to such des ired condi tions aspeace, happiness, prosperity, and the enjoyable, pleasant, and interesting life?Right now many high school seniorsare facing the problem ofwhether to goon to college - and ifso, which college .,If I were a .young man or youngwoman facing that quest ion, I'm verysure - knowing what I know now - thatI wou ld want to know which college oruniversity teaches these things. I'm sureI'd want to allend the school of higherlearning which would teach me notmerely how to earn a living - pardonme, I mean an existence - but the onewhich would teach me HOW TOLI VEl

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THIIIDIIIT IN 1971-IORIOf .THIIIII?xing has set Syria and Egypt to feuding ,each accus ing the other of interfering inthe conflict. Syr ia and I raq . which havebeen making separate initiatives towardending the Lebanese conflict , have alsobeen wrangling overeach other's moves.The Syria-Egypt quarrel over Lebanoncomes on top of already strained relat ions. The two countries have been en gaged in b i tte r po lemics because ofSyria'S opposition to the controversialSinai disengagement accord reached lastsummer between Egypt and Israel. Syria,the Palestin ian Liberation Organization(PLO), and other radical Arabstates havelabelled the accord a " sellout," brandingEgypt a "traitor to the Arab cause." Syr ialeels the accord has taken Egypt " ou t 01the battle." . leaving Syria largely isolatedin her confrontationwith Israel.Consequently. Syr ia - skeptical about

the prospects for further Mideast diplomacy - is pushing for the formation of a" northern front" with Iraq. Jordan , thePLO. and eventua ll y even Lebanon ,which would be able to wage war . if nec essary, w ~ h o u t .Egypt's participation: .I1 .- b icker ing with Iraq can be overcome,such a coalition may eventuallY be possible.Many observers feel that economically

t roubled Egypt, on the other hand, willwant to spend th is year concentrating onthe exploitation of the Sinai oil f ields returned to her as part of the accord withIsrael , rather than on waging a war shecan ill afford (Plain Trutn, Sept. 20, 1975).The Palestinian question is another important consideration. The grievances ofmillions of displaced Palestinians willhave to Ult imately be reckoned with, orwar wil l be inevi table. Yet Israe li P rimeMinister Rabin steadfastly declines todea l w ith the Pales tinians - especiallythe ,PLO - or to entertain the idea of a

by Keith Stump

Since earliest antiquity, the Middle Easthas been the set ting for countless wars,repeated invasions, and f requent domination by foreign powers. Those throughout history who have made their homeson this -strategic land bridge - lying as. tride the tradit ional routes of trade andcommunication between three continents- have done so with the certa in knowledge that one day they would have tol ight to defend them.The current conflict between Jew andAra b in the Mid dle East is actually a relatively recent phenomenon . Civilizations ofthe distant past fought there even beforeJews and A rabs - both the progeny 01the patriarch Abraham - existed as apeople . Later, Assyrians and Babyloniansinvaded the land. carrying the people ofIs rae l int o captivity. Subsequently, theRomans. Seljuk Turks, Crusaders . andOttomans - among others - waged waron the coveted soil. occ upying i t for varying le ng th s of time . Napoleon's armiesswept across its barren deserts. And earlyin this -century. Arab and Bri ti sh forces"ousted .th e pccupying Turks. " _.Itwas reallynot until the end of the quartercentury-long British mandate over Palestine in 1948 that the national armies ofIsrae l and the Arab sta tes f irstclashed In"the area- each claiming the land asitsownby virtue of history and religion.Three subsequent wars - in 1956,1967, and 1973 ravaged the area withou t sett ling the territorial dispute. Theone-time land o f mi lk and honey remains,lamentably, a land 01blood." Moreover, t he new factor of oil - 'oflittle importance until recent decades has focused the concern of the ent ireworld onto the conflict, which in timespast m ight have otherwise been viewedas of only regional significance. Now the

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HOW WILL WE FEEDTHE WORLD'S 6 BILLION?In the second installmentof our new series, HumanSurvival , Plain Truth examines the immense probelem of feeding the earth's exploding population .-

ORCHIDS AND ONIONSOur readers ' r espond to the " Personal From theEditor," " The New Civil War," and "The SugarConspiracy."

BRIDGING NATIONAL DIFFERENCESColumnist Stanley R. Rader reports on his conversations with three recent Japanese prime ministers.

WORLDWATCHThe gleeful exposure of every CIA act iv ity 'couldhave serious consequences for America's security.

CAMPAIGNING BEGINS FOR1976 GERMAN ELECTIONSUnlike the still-confused American election derby,the bat tle l ines in Bonn are well def ined.

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WEST GERMAN chancellor candidates, Kohl ( left) and Schmidt.CA PAIBIIIB HilliSfOR1111 BIRMAN IllCTloNS y

rope-w ide elect ions on the.sameday: in the s pr in g of 1978, toelect representatives to the European parliament. .As much cohesion as thesemoves show, there are yet majorc hang es n ee ded b efor e th eCommunity Canachieve itsprofessed goal - a European unionby 1980.Gaston Thorn, premier andforeign minister of Luxembourgwho is also the current president of the EC Counc il of Ministers, s tated in an interv iew in[he European edition of News-week: " . . it's impossible tocontinue on ' present l ines .. .under present conditions, we .:' o nly skim the problems, wedon't solve 'them."In addition to procedural'changes needed in the p re se ntstructure. there are other areasthat need profound alterationand , in some cases, bold newinitiatives if Europe is to consolidate its gr owi ng s tr en gt h inworld affairs. These other areasinclude the need for commonpoliciesjn defense, foreign affairs, and energy . to mentionthe most important.Yet for all t h e pettysquabb les that su rf ac e f rommonth to month among themember states, the words written by Anthony Sampson sev

BRUSSELS: The EuropeanCommunity, or Common Market, is increasingly speaking onthe international scene with onevoice. Some examples are: In the United Nations thenine haveadopteda oommonEuropean position on major issues. At 'th e, 27 -nation north south dia logue begun this pastDec ember in Paris,the nine havebeen represented by a singlespokesman. As a reflection of itsever-increasing importance asthe world's greatest trading bloc,the EC has two co-chairmanshipson the fourcomm ittees created towork throughout the yea r. Noother nation or group of nationswasgranted more than onechairmanship. The nine Community nations jointly signedthe final actofthe Euro pean security conference in Helsi nki las t Augustwhen Italy's PrimeMinisterAldoMoro s igned in his capac ity asPresidentofthe European Council .During several sessions ofthe Euro -Arab dia logue held lastyea r, a single European delegat ion was present asa joint community-cooperation exercise. After the Dublin community summit last March the nineoffered their united serv icestoward helping achieve a peaceful resolut ion of the Cyprus

coalition, therefore. is expectedto pull in roughly 50% of theba llots.Tho ug h t he two coalitionpartners have had theirsha re ofdisagreements, l ittle chance isseen of an actual breakup atthis time. {Prior to 1969 theFOP had been al lied with theSPO's 'rival, the conservativeChristianDemocratic Union.)

The opposition CDU, headed

A Deadlock int he Bundestag?Political observers ho ld outlittle possi bility of the SPO's

gaining an absol ute majo rity inthe Bundestag (the lower houseof parliament) in the fall election. Recent pu blic opinionpolls ind icate tha t only an estimated 41% of the vote will go tothe SPO . 'To retain power , therefore,the SPD will have to maintain

As 1976 begins, West Germans like Americans are beginning to turn their attention totheircoming fall elections.But unlike the stil l-confusedAmerican campaign . the battle'lines in West Germany areclear-cut and well defined. Thecontending parties have alreadyp ut th eir i nte rn al partysquabb les behind them an dhave settled upon the ir c andi


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Warldwalahby Gene H. Hogberg

"Is America Going Mad?"To frie nd s and enemies a like. the Un ite d States is taking on

the image of a shac kled gian t. In thi s case , the Lil li pu tians tyingdown G ulliver a rc not foreigners. but American s themselves especia lly key f igures in Co ngress a long wi th membe rs of the presswho . in their pos t-Watergate quest for a totally open soc iety. nolonger feel there is any such thin g as a legi timate sta te secret.

Th e issue came 10 a head with the assassinatio n in G reece ofRicha rd Welch, a CIA agent auac hed to the U.S. emb assy inA thens. Angry U.S. inte lligence ch iefs blam ed the leth al blowing ofWelch's cover on a va riety of sou rces - contin ued Co ngressiona lprob ing of CIA operations, a recent flurry of spy-ferreting boo ks byex CIA agents, and a qu arterly expose magazine called Counterspy.wh ich had identified the whereab outs o f Welch a nd over 200 othe rag ents in recent issues.

No one - no t even forme r C IA directo rs - denies the agencyha s. on occasion. ove rstepped its char te red responsibilities . Thatshou ld not be surprising given the fact that in thi s imperfect andide ologically com peti t ive wor ld, ove r 40 nations. la rge a nd sma ll.a re engaged in clandestine operations.

But the juicy front -p age headline news of specific C IA cove rtac tivities. such as involvement in the Allende over throw in Chile.have led many Americans to believe the CIA is noth ing but aFrankenstein monster, runn ing amuc k withou t any con trol. No thin g is fur ther from the tru th. No nation al int elligence organiza tionis subjec t to mo re supervision than the CIA. Mo reover. proveninstances of improper ac tivities a re few. But the chasing a fte r everysp icy ru mo r to fill newspape r headline s a nd the lead story of thenigh tly news telecasts takes p recede nce over the facts.

The upshot is a severe hamperin g of American intelligenceofficia ls in performing the ir ma in - but la rgely unh era lded function: the nonpub licized gathering. assimi lation. a nd evalua tionof informa tion necessary for the securi ty of the nation. Retiring CIA Direc to r Will iam E. Co lby comp la ine d la s t yea r tha t"the almost hyste rica l excitement that surrou nds any news storyme ntioning the CIA. or refe rring even to a perfectly legitimateactivi ty of the CIA. has raised the question whether sec re t intelligence operations can be conducted by the United Sta tes."

He adde d in testimony befo re a Hou se subcommittee tha tmo rale in the agency was low. agents ove rseas were worried a boutexposure. a nd "a number of in telligence services abroad with

BUMPER CROPSBUCK WEATHERTRENDSW el l -tim ed we t we a t h erswe lled America' s gra in harvestto record -b reaking y ie lds in1975.When the final U.S. Dep artmen t o f Agric ulture repo rtswere in. whea t product ion stoodat 2.3 bi llion bushels - a 19%increase ove r 1974. Th e corny ield amo u nte d to 5.8 bi llionbushels. a 25% increase over the

drought-seared 1974 crop.How lon g the good newsfrom the farm belt - so critica lto hungry mout hs around thewor ld - will las t, however , is amatter of no small concern.Som e scientists a re predi ctingtha t dev astat ing drought lastingfrom thr ee to eight yea rs will hitth e Grea t Pla ins within thed eca de ." T he clim ate t rends tha tsome scient ists are predictingcou ld br ing us to a poi nt of cat as tro phic convergence betweenthe increasing populat ion andinadequ ate food supplies muchsoo ner than many people expeer." says Henry Lansford ofthe Na tiona l C enter for Atmospheric Research.What a re the se clim atic indicators?First is a 20-yea r drough tcycle in the American midwestwhich last hit in the 1950s. Thiscycle has followed a consisten tpa t te rn eve r s ince th e m id 1800s whe n well-doc umentedrecord s were first kept .Th e dustbow l of the thirties wa s pa rt ofth iscycle .

Dr . W al l e r O . Ro ber t s ,fo rmerly of the Na tiona l Ce nterfor Atmospheric Research . postulate s a correla tio n betweensunspot ac tivity and the 20-yeardroug ht cycle. Sunsp ot s occureve ry 10 o r I I yea rs. T he

weather" by a U.S. gove rnmen treport pu blished after the 1973ha rvest.T his same report . however .went on to spe l l the fat e of the1974 harvest : "T he reliability o fgra in yields in the midwes t inrecent yea rs is d ue to a n extraor dinary sequence of favorable seasons. This cannot beexpected to cont inue."And , ind eed it hasn' t.1974 brought a ho t scorchingsumme r to the midwest. Th edr ough t-weakened co rn cropyielded / 8% less than the previous yea r.In 1975, a relentless hea twave cancelled hope s for whata p pea r e d to be a s u pera bund a nt cro p in Iowa a ndneighboring sla tes. Only " lastminut e" unexp ected ra ins a llayed farmers' worst fears.Texas and Ca liforn ia con tinue to suffer some dro ught .and the lack of mois ture hasa lready cut predictions for thewi n te r wheat har v est 9% below las t year 's record . Insec tinfestations in parts of Oklahom a a nd Kansas thre at e n tored uce the crop still fur ther .Even though this yea r's har vest may still be la rge enough toprevent maj or food shortages.the prospects for any significantbuild up of food reserves a ppeard imme r by the day. With thepros pec t of coo le r weather.shorter grow ing seasons. and anoverdue 20-year d rought cycle,fu ture seve re crop shortfa llsmay prove to be a ll too like ly apossib ility. 0

Vatican(Continued fr om page 3)the votes in the regiona l elections last June. the Vat ican isnow taking the specter of aCommunist-domina ted Ita lyvery seriously.Many observers believe tha t

GIRMAN IlIClIONS[Continued from page 3)Strauss Backs OffThe CDU/C SU a llia nce, likethe SPD /FD P coa lition, has not

been without its personal andideological feuds.Th e jun ior partner of the coalition, the CSU headed by fieryultraconserv at ive Fran z JosefStrauss, has its membersh i p a lmos t entirely in the state ofBavaria. Th e CSU runs its candid a tes exclusivelyin that state.tho ugh Dr . Stra uss ha s sympathizers th roughou t the nat ion.The CDU runs in the othernine West German sta tes a nd inWest Berlin. Thu s there is noac tual competition between thetwo coalition partners. and theyare looked upon as one par ty inna tio nal influence.Some conservat ives. however,had begun to fea r last yea r tha tStrau ss might "go na tional: 'tha t is, expa nd his right-wingBava rian sta te party into a fullfledged national part y, withhimself as the cand idate forchan cellor.An op inion poll in Jun e hadindi ca ted that if the CSU ca rried on an independent nat ionalcampaign. the two conserva tiveparties might receive 3% to 6%more votes than under the curren t "c lectorate-sharing" se tup.Th e poll added to a lreadystra ined relations between thetwo "s ister pa rties" which haddeveloped in 1972 when theCDU lost the fede ral election,

dogma aga inst a rt ificial birthcontrol. a nd cond emn ed "doctr i na l d isputes" in proposing renewed eva ngelization efforts .Th er e a rc eve n some small ind ications of an increasing mil ita ncy tow ar d non -C at h o li creligions.In a 13,000-wo rd apos tolic


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while at the sametime the CSUdid exceptionally well in regional polling. The CSU, led bythe aggressive Strauss, has alsoharbored serious doubts about,CDU chief Kohl, whom it sees 'as being somewhat weak ;andvacillating.Nevertheless, Strauss and hisCSU decided to back off la telast year and pledged to supportKohl in the interests of the"common cause." The CSUstated that the CDU, asthe bigger member of the "union," had

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tempt to gain a nat ionwidefollowing and win the chancellorship on .its own in the nextelection.Strauss has frequently beenpictured as having an eye onthe chancellor's office but i t isdoubted whether he has the national appeal to ever realize hisambitious dream .It has been suggested that theonly way he may ever attain theoffice is by Kohl's winning thenational election and then leaving office in midterm, as threeof the f ive postwar 'chancellorshave done for one reason or another. Strauss would then moveinto the position in the samemanner as did Schmidt following Brandt's surprise resignat ion in 1974."Security Ri,sk"Because of the conservatives 'suspicion of det en te with theSov iet b loc, Willy Brandt ine ar ly c ampa igni ng ope nl yca l l ed t he c on se rv at iv eCDU /CSU a "security risk" toWest Germany, implying thatthe conservatives might start awar with the communist blocif

BAVARIA'S STRAUSS backedoul the CDU /CSU coalition everof chancellor derby. comes to power in Bonn.Brandt , -who became WestGermany's first Socialist chanthe .right jo designate the coali- cellor in 1969, was the drivingnon 's candidate for chancellor. forcebehind thenation's policyA CSU memorandum added , of Ostpolitik, or reconciliationhowever, that "the CSU still with the East.holds to its opinion that i ts own CDU-c hi ef Koh l t ermedcha irman [St rauss) i s the most Brandt's remark "a reminder ofsuitable candidate." . Weimar" (the short-lived Ger-In lieu . of the top office . man parliamentary democracy

Zionism andMr. KohbyNonnan CousinsThe other night, I sat arounda large table and listened to agroup of U.N. ambassadors attempting to justify the positionof the ir countries at the UnitedNations.One of them was a youngman - hemust have been inhisearly 30s - who belied the notion that the Third World nations have nothing to contributeto world o rd er and /o r intendonly on using the forums of theUnited Nations as an amplifying system for propagandaagainst the Uni ted Sta tes and

the Westin general . 'The young man was P. T.Koh , head of the Singaporemission to the United Nations .What impressed me most of allabout Koh was that he has theeloquence, logic, and commonsense we have a right to expectof the people whose job it is tomaintain worldpeace.Before Koh spoke, the conversation at the table soundedlike an extension of the debates" a l i t i o ~ s in the opinion polls, it"sgenerally felt that the SPD hasthe advantage due to the popular personali ties of Brandt andSchmidt. Other observers, however, feel that the conservativesmight surprise eve ryone by

in the General Assembly. Theambassadors were trying to justi fy the posit ions of their governments.Ambassador Koh began by'saying he hoped the day wouldcome when the delegates to theUnited Nations would considerglobal issues according to whatwas best for the world rat he rthan. just for their own countries. He pointed to the GeneralAssembly resolution equatingZionism with racism as an example of narrow national selfinterest leading to an act ofprej udice and injustice. He wentaround the entire table, examining each country's actions atthe United Nations .He addressed himself to theambassador from Cyprus, a distinguished elder statesman who 'over the years has been an eloque nt advocate of a strengthened United 'Nations with thecapac ity to enforoe law on thebasis of just ice ona world scale.Ambassador Koh said heknew the ambassador from Cyprus was aware how historicallyabsurd i t was to say that Zionism was a form of racism. Buthe also knew that Cyprus. needed support for i ts own U.N.resolution condemning Turkeyfor aggression. And there weremore than two dozen Arab or

Muslim states whose votes wereessential for that purpose . .Then the Singapore ambassador addressed himself to the entire group. Hesaid he had beentold by several members that

ment or university jobs on a parwith Muslims. If racism is def ined as discrimination, Am-bassador Koh said, then it wasobvious that many Muslim-nations would have to condemnthemselves.Koh asked 'his fellow ambassadors whether they actuallyknew what Zionism was at thetime the resolution came upand, if not, 'whether they hadtaken the trouble to find out. Hesaid that he 'himself was nota shamed to admit that he hadno knowledge about Zionismwhen he was called upon tovote. So he went to the basicsource - Theodore Herzl's bookon Zionism,. "Gentlemen," he said, "doyou know what I discovered? Idiscovered that Zionism isnothing more than nationalism - apopul ar movement to create 'and maintain an independentnat ion. So we're all the same.How can we condemn Zionismfor having the same basic objectives that we do ourselves?"Ambassador Koh then wenton to say that the only hope forworld ,peace was to create aworld organization capable ofmeeting problems that calls forintelligent and impartial judgments."Gentlemen," he said, "unless we can think and debatehonest ly and object ively andhave respect for basic facts,then we will separate ourselvesfrom the benefits of an intelligence and ultimately will

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111- s",dlby Stanley R. Rader

orchids . onionsBridging National DifferencesTokyo, J apan, December II , 1975: On e yea r ag o today. Mr. Herbert Arm strongand I were received by Japan's Prime Minister Takeo Mik i. who had recent lytake n office. For more than seven yea rs we had been workin g with the help ofman y of Mr. Miki's colleagues in the Jap anese Diet . along with outstandinglead ers from unive rsit ies. indu stry. and socie ty . to promote bette r understand ingbetween the peop le of Japan and the United States - a nd . in addition . betweenthe people of Ja pan an d the nations of the developing wor ld.

Mr . Miki's predecessors. the lat e Eisa ku Sa to and Kakeui Tan aka . had givenus much encourageme nt in what was a seemin gly impossible task and one thatwas apparently at tha t t ime running aga inst a very strong tide. Secretary of StateK issinge r, for exa mple , had very deepl y offended th e Japan ese an d PrimeMin ister Saw , d riving Ja panese-Amer ican rela tions to th ei r lowest postwar poi nt.M r . K issinge r ha d fa iled to con sull Mr . Sat o an d o ther membe rs o f his gove rn ment be fo re his 1972 " sec ret mission" to China , ca using Mr . Sato a nd hisgove rnm ent to lose con side rab le face in J apan as we ll as in the entire free wo rldand hast ening the reti rem en t of Prim e Mi nister Sa to . Sh ortly after h is ret irement ,M r . Sa to to ld me in his horn e th at he was ver y co ncerned a bo ut the Jap aneseAmerican rela t ion sh ip su rviving Mr. Kissinger 's we ll-p ublic ized "s hock: ' as itwas commo nly re fe r re d to in Japan. Refer ring to M r. Kissinger , Mr. Sa to sta ted ,"He for got tha t one sho u ld consult wi th one's friend s first befo re one consultswith one 's enemies."

T he Uni ted S tate s itsel f and the America n pe opl e in the las t yea r a nd a hal fhav e a lso suffered not one o r two shocks, but a who le series o f shoc ks which havebeen unp recedent ed in U.S. history. The psychological effects of these socialtemblo rs are sti l l lar gely unmea sured .

Public faith in U.S . institution s ha s be en se riously co rro de d and replaced bywid espread di stru st, skepticism and cyn ic ism, as institution a fte r institution isrevea led to hav e been a ffected by de ca y a nd co rruption of p rop ortion s heretofor eunsus pected by a tru st ing Ame rica n citize nry. Eve ry day new revel ati on s a boutim po rtant a gencies of the U.S. gove rnme nt and imp or tant poli tica l figu res of thepa st a nd presen t lit erally sho ck the co nscience o f th e American people .

Despit e a ll o f this, howe ver , re la tion s be tween th e United States a nd Japana re actually improving because th e U.S. fo rei gn po licy is, pe r haps fo r th e firsttim e. taking fu ll cog n izance of th e im po rt ance of Jap an in the Pacific a rea andth roughout th e free world . Fo r too long, America has tak e n its close rela tionshi pwith th e Japanese peop le too mu ch for g ra n ted as it so ug ht new fr iend s a nda lliances, incl uding de ten te with Ru ssia and fu ll wo r ki ng relat ion sh ip s withC hi na - muc h like th e insur ance ma n who ta kes his goo d clie nt s a nd theirre new a ls for gra nted as he devotes hi s energies and tim e in pu rsu it of new

lettersA Growth ProcessConcerning your article in Plain Truthweek ending November I. 1975. called"Chr istianity Is a Growth Process." J havenever read such an inspiring article. Youhave no idea how much that a rticle helpedme . An articl e like that should make thefront page of this country's newspapcrs.Mrs. HenryLanier,Atlantic City, NJYo ur Personal column in the Novembe rI Plain Truth, "Christianity Is a G rowthProcess," is so wonderful and uplifting. Itgives us courage to get right up and try,and try, again and aga in. Thank you forth is most helpfu l a rticle. I intend to study ittho roughly. Lois Martin,Go ldonna, LAMr. Arm strong's article on "C hristianity

Is a G rowth Process" in Plain Truth onNovember I is the greatest yet! Never haveI read so much truth in so few words. It haschan ged my life. I read it every day andwhen temptation is great. I read it again. Itseems 10 inspire me to try harder 10 dowhatGod has planned for my life.I wish all the world could read it as theybegin a new day which brings us closer tothat wonderful world tomorrow he tells usabo ut so often.I hope you will give it 10 us in pamphletform that I may pass it on to friends. Ithank God for the friend who first told meabo ut Plain r-a Mrs. J . R. Jack son.Marietta, GA

CivilWar Among Our Readers"The New Civil War" by Ron Horswellis an outstand ing literary achievement!Bravo, Plain Truth ]Jacqueline Sweit helm .Rockville Centre, NY

tru ths poin tedly expressed, including inconsistencies. is about to lift us 10 a lessapa thetic position of app raisal. Bully!Raymond W. Sayre,Baltimore, MDSugar: The Dentists RespondThe article in Plain Truth, November I,1975 by Arthu r W. Docken. is essentiallycorrect and a good documentation of thecase against sugar in dental disease. Unfortunately the re is one glaring fault in hissto ry - the suggestion that honey can besafely substituted for sugar to avoid deni alproblems. This is ab solutely incorrect.Honey is an excellent substrate for acidproducing bacte ria of the mouth, and willresult in a high decay rat e if used freely inplace of sugar. It is unfor tunate tha t an

otherwise useful ar ticle would contain suchmisinformation for you r readers. We havema ny early decay problems in small children who have used nursing bottles contain ing frui t j uices. The point is thatnatural sugars are quite capable of causingdenta l diseas e if ingested frequen tly andespec ially if in a sticky o r adhesive medium. David B. Law, DDS, MS.Professor ofChildren 's Dent istry,University of Washington,School of Dentistry,Seattle, WAI wou ld like to help the readers of PlainTruth learn 10 prevent cavities. Your artid e, "The Sugar Conspiracy," gives an excellent explanation of the cause-effectrelationsh ip o fsugar and cavities. It shouldalso be pointed ou t that any sugar. whetherit comes from natural sugar cane. naturalsuga r beets, natural honey, or even the natural sugar in apples or any fruit. can causecavi t ie s by the same fermentation process.Eliminating the sugar is excellent. butsometimes impractical, so tha t a combination of cutting down on sugar intake,


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in pea ce and s ta bi li ty with . " "LuxuryClub" of three "quarters of a billionhuman beings living in a score of ad-vanced and well-fed countries while therest of humanitywatches the slim meansof survivalsteadily shrinkfrom its grasp .When the poor have nothing to eat andDO hope for future progress, they alsohave nothing to loseby violent revolution.Despi te the mul ti tude of warnings that mankind can solve the onrushingfood-population crisis only if he acts immediately, most nations are acting as ifi t' s somebody e lse's problem, or as if .they can tack le it af ter they get othernagging problemsout of the way."We are participating in a grand-scaleevasion of r ea li ty which bears all the

signs of insanity ,' said Dr. GeorgBorgstrom, Doted population expert, afew years ago. "Nothing less is reqniredthan a globa l wil l to act" to ward off thecalamity.he said . . "Very few grasp the magnitude of thedanger that confronts tis," said ThomasM. Ware, head of the . Freedom FromHunger Foundation, bef or e a S en at esubcommittee as early as1965. "The catas t rophe is DOt something that mayhappen ; on the contrary, it is a mathe-matical.certainty it will happen .' . _It is happening today, but few, East orWest, seem overly concerned. .T" " years ago the world popula tionand food cris is was prope lled to world

attention when 1974 was designated as"World Population Year." Several rhetoric-til led international meetings were. held ; yet t oday none of the proposed

The world failed to replenish itsdepleted food stocks in 1975, andthe outlook for the hungry in 1976Is bleak. Bumper grain harvestsIn North America were offset bypoor crops In Europe and the So-"let Union. Year-end wheatstocks are likely tobe e"en lowerthan In 1974 when they weredrained by a worldwide foodshortage. As a result, the worldwill be dependent for what it eatsin 1976 on what it grows -UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL .news release, December29, 1915.S ileDtly, ominously, inexorably, the .food-population crisis is closingin on our overcrowded world -DOW containing four billion people as ofNovember 1975. It i s the most complexand Dearly insoluble problem that hasever faced the human race. Next to nu-clear annihilation, this crisis isthe greatest threat to survi val for hundreds ofmillions of the earth's inhabitants. Yet i tis largelyan ignored crisis.Already the world is hard pressed tokeep food supplies ahead of populationgrowth and food demand. There is .lessfood per persoD OD the p la ne t t odaythan thirty years ago. World populationis growing almost 2%per year, food supply is increasing but food demandis increasing 3% per year. Affluence andrising expectations are emerging as a


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- Matt. 24:7, RSV". . and there will be faminesand earthquakes in variousp laces."

Birth Control or ElseWith almost one voice population experts say that i fbir th rates in most of thedeve loping world are not d rasticallydropped, all other attempts by governments to comba t, the population-foodcrisiswill be futile. 'But, even assuming the unachievable,how do governments suddenly and radi- ,cally change t he most intimate sexualbehavior of their citizens? Can t he frequently unstable, corrupt, and poor gov

ernments in the se nations persuade thei rteeming and often illiterate masses toreject tribal traditions such as the custom of producing multiple sons for future security? Can they suddenly changeinefficient agricultural practices? Cangovernments wipe C?ut .superstitious food

taboos that in many widespread areasdo not permit chicken, eggs, milk, and

men t level. In the less developed countr ie s su ch a si tuati on seem sinconceivable during the comi ng 50years . . ." '(World Populat ion Projections : A Itemauve Paths to Zero Growth,p.26). .Philander Claxton, special assistant tothe secretary of state for populationmatters, put s the problem in the simplest of terms: "The world must preparefo r a world population of at le ast 6 b ill ion by 2000. There is nothing exceptfamine, pestilence, or nuclear-war toprevent it from reaching that figure.That's the min imum."

Six Billion NoMatterWhat ?Another, aspect of the populationcrisis i s not as full y apprec iat ed as itshould be. A major global food crisis isassured unle ss very dramatic reductionsin birth rates are forthcoming, '"We should understand that even ifall known fam ily-planning methodswere 'pushed to the ful les t, the world 's ,population will still [almost] double byabout 2006," said Douglas Ensminger,an 'internationally recognized population expert.'.'Even if we succeed in substan tiallylowering the world population rate , the

number of people for several decadeswill grow faster t han we are li kely tosucceed in increasing food production,"adds Ensminger.Several developed nations have comevery close to achieving zero populationgrowth . A few have achieved it. .Assuming the miraculous happenedand the number of ch ild re n born to

Two countries alone, India and China"account for over a third -of all humankind . Any temporary agricultural gainsin these two nat ions are offset almostimmediately by an exploding popu lation . Each country adds the population of an Australia(14 million) everyyear, a United States (215 million) in adecade .Unless dramatic steps are taken now,by the turn of t he century India's populati on wi ll hi t one bil lion, the Philippines will mushroom from 42 million to100 million, and Indonesia's alreadyteeming 130 million population will almost double.The chances of stemming this growingtide of humanity "registers somewhere 'between slim and none.

some catastrophe. some officials est imate that world populat ion will reachyearly increases ' of ar ound 0.1% peryear , it took thousands of years for


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the readily exploitable arableland in theworld (3.5 billion acres) is already undercultivation. The vast major ity of land inmost countries i s unsati sfactory forfarming, being too precipitous and toorugged , or having soil too infertile.Only 1% of Aus tr al ia is s ui tabl e forcropland, only 10%of China, only 5% ofCanada. Unfortunately the equatorialra in forests of the wor ld or the Amazonbasin is no agricultural EI Dorado. Thesoil is so thin, so low in fer ti li ty, and sohigh in fragility that it is l ea che d ofessential nutrients after the heavy rainsof just a fewgrowing seasons .Experts estimate 6.6 bil lion moreacres could be tilled if governmentswerewilling to pay massive developmentcosts. But nations whose GNP averagesout to around a few hundred. dollars a

year per person simply cannoi alford toshel l out the minimum of $400 per acre(over $1,000 isa betteraverage) to bring .new lands into production.Where will water for the new l and scome .f rom? Most readi ly explo itab lewat er s ou rc es hav e a lready beendammed or tapped. In addition, overgrazing or poor irrigation practices areannually turning thousands of acres ofonce arable land into barren ground orsalt deserts .Everywhere in the wor ld , three quarters or so of new population growth endsup in ci ties . In developing and industr ia li zed nations . alike, cities . creepdeeper into fertile countrysides, replacing fields o f wheat, com , and rice withhousingprojects and paved roadways.Can America Play God?When food shortages or famines develop anywher e in the world, a ll eyesimmediately tum .toward North Amer- 'ica. The United States, along with Canad a , supplies . 85% of th e world 's

internationally traded grain. Not asingle significant new exporter of grainhas a ppe ar ed in the past quarter .cen-tury . -America may no longerbe the policeman of the wor ld , but it has become its

.interfere with the Sinai agreement be-tween Egypt and Israel because of theSoviet need to purchase American grain.A significant amount of the warming upin U.S.-Egyptian rel ations has beencredited to food by U.S. Secretary ofAgri cul tur e Earl Butz. "I had a littlewheat inmy pocket, " says Butt.But since food is such an e lementalhuman need , withholding it to anyneedy nation would raise a moral di-lemma. "Can you imagine the repercussions of the U.S . trying to play God?"asks one White House official.As formidable asit is, it iscertain thateven the great food-producing capacityof the U.S. could not feed a worldstricken with huge famines for very long.America's safety reserve of idle cropland has already been thrown into production. The re is only so much the U.S.can produce and give. A huge moraldilemma faces American leadership inthe near future if the country withoute no ug h food for all must decide whoshall eat and who shall starve .No one wants to think a bo ut such asituation, ' but those who have thoughtabout it cautiously present the case fortriage, a F re nc h term first a pp li ed towounded soldiers : In the fi rs t categoryare those who can survive without treat-ment though they 'may be suffer ing severely - the "walk ingwounded." In thes econd category are those who can besaved by immed ia te care. In _the las t"category are those so seriously woundedthey cannot survive regardless of thet re atment given to them - the "can't besaved ."Cruel as it sounds, the' U.S. could conceivably be forced to write olf millionsof s tarv ing people in "th ird-category"nations whose population growth has farexceededtheir own agriculturalcapacity.Wcather Upsets Ahead: Will AmericaEveDBe Able to Feed Itself? -As we have seen, population growthin the years ahead will g ener at e moreand more famines even in relativelygood years . But the biggest single factor


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WORDSARE JCHARD TO EATWASHINGTON : The world's fourbil liont h i nh ab it an t gas pe d his first

breath during the third week of November 1975 according to those who calculate such things. Significant ly , worldpopulation experts were gathered herefor a.major conference at the very timethis historic event took place .The international convention sponsored by the World Populat ion Socie tywas designed as a follow-up to theUnited Nat ions con fe rence on population in Bucharest, Romania . in August1974. .The Bucharest conference, through itscontroversies if not through its accom plishments, "finally put populat ion on

the front page around the world ," according to Senator Charles Percy (Republican senator from Illinois), amember of the U.S. delegation there:But this time , the follow-up conference was curious ly relegated to the society page. One had to look closely in

articles reporting 00 the meeting of theShah of Iran's s is ter with some Senatewives and on Mrs. Marcos, wife of thePhilipp ine president , hav ing tea withMrs . Ford to find out that two foreigndignitaries were "in town to speak at apopulation conference."

Indicat ive of the reduced interes t inthis conference would be a comparisonbetween the 15 jou rnal is ts who werehere to cover it and the 660 who hadcovered the Bucharest conference onlyone year ago.It seems the same pattern is nowbeingfollowed in dealingwith the popula t ion cris is that has been evidenced in

other crises which have precipitated international conferences. .Remember pollution? A few years agoit was a major public i ssue. First camethe growing public awareness resulting

in pressure on national governmentsand international organizations to "dosomething." Thencame the major headline-grabbing conference in Stockholm,Sweden, in June 1972.This con fe rence served a two-foldpurpose. On the one hand, i tp rovided apreliminary assessment of the global ex-

tent of the probl em so that research.could be directed toward ways in which .the problem could be attacked. But theother purpose of the Stockholm conference and other similar conferences hasbeen to serve as high-water marks of thetide of public interest.

The results from the s tudies are nowcorning in. But where isthe public inter-est , or more impor tant ly, the politicalwill n ecessa ry to take action based onthose results?The re was the famous World FoodConference in Rome in November 1974and the Law of the Sea Conference ioGeneva in the spri ng of 1975. In thep lanning stage now is a major international conference on human habitatswhich is sla ted for Vancouver , Br it ishColumbia. When Armageddon is unleashed , there will probably be a conference in sess ion on how to avoid it , punsnovelist Arthur Koestler. .But what is the r esul t of this' "muchspeaking"? Aside f rom iotensified research into and publicity generated by ,these several g lobal crisis areas, verylittle. For example: No real attempts are under way to

make a serious dent in the world' s ex-:ploding population, most of which is inthe developiog Third and Fourth Worldcountries . Conflicting ideologies and religious traditions virtually assure failure. Despi te urgent pleadings fromleading world food experts tn establishfood stockpiles, next to nothing has beendone in spite of the fact that world foodreserves are at their lowest level ever. Amorass of political "considerations" ioboth food exporting and importingcountries frustrates food reserve . plan-ning . . Law of the Sea conferences invariably bog down nver the political hotpotato of national sovereignty of offshore waters. Meanwhile, the over-fishing of the oceans continues, and a newthreat - g lobal sea pol lu tion - proceedsvirtually unchecked. .In spi te of what has already been accomplished - or perhaps bet ter put ,publi ciz ed - in world po pu la ti on, iofood , in pollution, and in other crises. i tis nothing compared to the job 'yet remaining to be done. World citizen num-ber four billion would agree .- HenrySturckeGanesh , the Hindu god of prosperity.The strong Hindu bel ief in the sanct ityof animal life has allowed the rat popu-lation in India to grow to 2.5 billion, sothat the "revered rodents" now outnumber the human population five to,. . ;;,.. .. ,... ' - : " ~ . " .Agricul tura l loss;" from rat infestation exceed S240 million a year; yetmost rural villagers remain reluctant touse rat poison because of their religiousconvictions.Oth er a re as of the Third World

"But for rodents , pests , and poor storage, India would be a food surplus country," reports a U.N. DevelopmentProgram study . Over 10 million tons offood grains are lost each year because offaulty storage, which is about a fifth ofthe domestic crop:'and' more than- twicethe amount of food India had to impor tio 1974.While the jute sacks or mud conta iners in which Indian farmers traditionallystore their crops are much of the problem, an uncontrolled rodent population

A FEAST FORRATS xresult in an immediate 25% increase inedible grains without any change in agri_ cultural productivity.Much of the grain pr odu ce d in theThird World is not kept in large ware-. Rats, birds.jnsects, and moisture spoil h ou se s or giant grain ' elevators but

; :m_..... .. - .!fo; : , " , ~ in -India .each year to make_,-. ~ a t h e r ) s _ s t o r e d by.farmers .in .their local ->"'1p (or' the l:"'iltITe world food shortage::- . --, ' villages 'under less than ideal conditions,In" the 'underdeveloped world as a often only iobtirlap sacks or simplywhol e, some .experts estimate that more heaped up in a comer. As a result. over

than half the potential food crop is S2 billion worth of food is lost eachwasted . In fact, if the pests that a tt ac ke d y ea r.the world's feed grains were brought un- To make matters worse . the insects,-:


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'Education of peoples to use them? Whois. going to pay for the research anddevelopment?Some scientists are excited over adva nces made in synthesizing aminoacids, ' the components of protein. Theyenvision the age when man will produceprotei n in t he laboratory. But such ideasare only dreams today. True, someprogress has been made. And even 'coaland oil have been successfully convertedinto "usable" fat sand oils.But there is no evidence at all that, syntheticswill significantly contribute tofeeding the world in the next generation.In a book edited by Clifford M. Hardin" former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture , one food-science expert observes:"There are those, of -course. who puttheir faith in nonconventional agriculture , in the biological or chemical synthesis of foods. . . . T he time has not yetcome. however, when facto ries can produce the bulk of basic foods that morethan three billion human beings require.We cannot wai t for potential miracleswhile millions of people hunger. ForFlour of the Sea - FPC .

by Robert GinskeyCan new and exotic foods be massproduced to feed the world's hungry?What about algae, "flo ur from the sea,"or synthetic proteins?Many enthusias ts have prophesied .tha t man-made foods wil l ul timately

ease the food shortage. But the facts arefarfromencouraging, The problems insuch an under ta ki ng a re si mp l yenormous.Consider , for example,.the possibilityof utilizin g the miscroscopic sea organisms called plankton for food. In order. to extract enou gh plankton to equa l thenutritional equ ivale nt of a pound ofbeans, a man-made plankton gathererwould have to st rain the equ ivalent offifteen one- story houses full of water .Even in very rich areas of the ocean likethe Gulf of Maine or the North Sea,some 5,000 tonsof s trained water wouldyield only 10 pounds of plankton! The 'cost of such a processor .and the energyto run it ap pea rs to rule ou t suchschemes.

Who saysthe food isrunnlng out?Wha t 's all this noise abou t fami ne and overpopulation ?

T here have always be en famines, right?What 's so differen tnow ?For of us, the insistent warnings abou t a coming

foo d crisis ate a little hard to take. Hardly a ' week go es byw ithout someone telling us th at th e world is doomed. Su re lyit can' t be that bad , can . jt ?

Unfo rtunately, t he wo rld is facing an unprecedentedcrisis. T he p rob lem is hideously simple. Th e ea rt h is small,and there are too many of us. Th e irresisti ble mathematicsof po pulation growth point to a supremedisaster, probab lyin this very century , The approaching food-population


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earth shal l reel to and fro" or "the sunshall be turned into darkness" maymean, if indeed they are anything more

inversions, assorted ecological mega-disa ster s, t r auma tic ' termination ofeconomic growth, and viol ent redistribution of wealth.Our modem seers have revived a pro

pbe ti c t rad it ion that goes back a longway, all the way back, in fact, to tbedays of Isaiah, Jeremiab and Ezekiel."Discontinuity" is an old concept givena new ' name . Jeremiah referred to i t asfollows: "Alas! that day isso great thereis none like it; it is a time of distress forJacob .. : ' (Jer , 30:7, RSV).Daniel called ii "a time of t roub le ,such as never has been since there was anation till that time .. ." (Dan; 12: I,RSY). J esus Chr is t prophesied that"there will be great tribulation, such as .has not been from the beginning of theworld until now, no, and never will.be"(Matt. 24:21, RSV).In our' modem age, at least until recently, we neglected the messages of thebiblical prophets. We considered theirwords too ancient or too difficult . But asevidenced by the recent wave of interestin the Bible ( lind especial ly in propbecy), we bave come to real ize that wescrutinized too critically. 'It is c er tai nl y true that we may notknow what every passage such as "the

direction. We have said, for example,that science and technology are neutral.However, the avowed neutral i ty of theinternal combustion engine doesn't clearthe smog from Tokyo or Los Angeles.Theoretical impartiality of nuclearphysics doesn't preventan arms race.Now ou r ethical expectations arechanging. The emergence of ecology asa prominent branch of science is significant, for ecology has been called the firstethical science. It concerns itselfnot onlywith what can be done but also withwbat should be done. I t entai ls not onlylaws but al so values, values whose influence is gradually permeating society.To cite one precedent-sett ing instance,the blocking of the SST in the Uni tedStates was the first time in Western technological his tory that a project of suchmagnitude was halted in advanceon environmental considerations.In tbe field of economics, botb domestic and international, there is now greatbesitation to dogmatically state that traditional economic theories can adequat el y d ea l with al l th e m or alresponsibil it ies presented by povertyand extreme disparitiesof wealth.Businesses large and small are comingto realize tbat they can only continue toexis t i f tbey respond to demands from

" Repent and turn fro m a I/ your trans- the public that are ' entirely new in na-gressl ons, lest IniqUity be your ture. People are coming to demand notru in gel you rselves a new heart only goods and services from business, and a ne w sp lrl"" but also ethical standards pertaining tothe environment, to hiring and promo-- e " ! " . ' 31,R,5V ' lion , policies ;" and to, political con- _nections. (To - the consternation ofbusinessmen, the change in psychologyis far from complete as il lustrated by thefact that the public demand for morality

'Air condit ioning in almost all newhomes. ' Television transmittal across oceans. Space travel, probably even to themoon.We felt we were ope ra ti ng on a con

tinuum of one technological miracle after another, and the future was sure tobe more of the same. If that prognosticat ion phi losophy had continued unchanged , we would by now all firmlybelieve that witbin tbe lifetimes of mostof us, this old orb would be scarcelydistinguishahle from even th e mostimaginativeview of heaven.In real i ty , however, tbe majoritytoday has abandoned bope of any technologically induced beatific visions thisside of deatb. Rather than fantastic talesof a perpe tual fiesta ( sobered only bythe possibility that the communistsmight rain on our par ty ), we now feelquite sure that we ourselves have overindulged at our own banquet. We forecasted beadily and then made our ownforecasts come true. We tasted allbrands of progress - regular, filter king,menthol, and extra long - and now wehave cancer. " . __ - ~ . , :: .J . . ', _.Inthevocabulary of today's prophet,the key word "miracles" has been replaced by "discontinuity." A typicalforecas t goes something l ike thi s one

by Ron HorswellIf we are to survive the rut ut e. wemay have to "rediscover sin." That's theway economist-futurist Kenneth Boulding put it at last summer's convention ofthe Worl d Future Society. AlthoughHollywood hasn't yet l at ched on t o it asa mot ion pi ctu re title, we seem to beli vi ng i n the "Day of the P rophet ," at im e when gloomy Jeremiahs andIsa iahs once again roam the earth exposing sins that society has forgotten.

The Modem PlophetsOur latter-day prophets are not feeding on locusts and wild honey, and theyare clad in doctorate degrees rather thancamel skins and leathern loincloths.

Their message is that the future wi ll beshaped more by morality than, by mira- ,des of technology. To phrase that moresuccinctly and old-fashionedly, "sin"can undermine even the most optimisticforecast. The implication is that we canonly ensure an enjoyable tomorrow byfacing some hard decisions today.Twenty, fifteen, or even ten years agowe would scarcely have tolerated such

. spoilers casting righteous aspersions on, ou r, golden calf o f progress. Back thenour ora-cleswere of a different caste.Themessage from most every Delph i wascrystal c lear - somehow an incredible,. unstoppable, divine chain react ion of


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ture of government on this weary planetthan all the world's foam-flecked revolutionaries running around espousing"class conflagration" could ever do.

The revolut ion which wi ll solve theproblems of Satan, sin, and human nature has yet to occur. Mao Tse-tung hastried in vain to remold man into thecommunist image - wi tness the continual agony in the Chinese press over"materialism." The Chinese communistsdon't have eterna/life to offer, and theysti ll have trouble providing their peoplewith anything other than an incrediblydreary, material existence.Christ, on t he o ther hand, p romi sesboth e te rnal li fe and ma te ri al abundance when his "revolution" comes topass . :'. . . The plowman shall overtakethe reaper, and the t re ader of grapeshim that soweth seed; and the mountains shal l drop sweet wine, and al l thehills shall melt"(Amos 9:13).

The description is that of a world ofplenty for all , including Chile 's urbanpoor, whose plight re ligious workerssuch as Inez find so despa ir ing. Such aworld iscoming. It is being hastened bythe Work of God . 0

What is real goo d new s , anyway? Is it good news when delegates

t hi ng you could do would be probabl ymore than their present physical humangovernments do for them.Work! Lay thefoundation for Christ'sreturn. The Old Testament states thatthe worl d wil l have to be prepared be- .fore the Messiah will come. "Behold, Iwi ll send my messenger, and he shal l

prepare the way before me , . ." (Mal.3:1) . "The voice ofhim that crieth in thewi lderness , P repa re ye the way of theLord . . ." (Isa , 40:3).The biblical prescription for endingthe horrors of oppressive government isnot to engage in violent revolut ion - oreven write "congress persons." It is toactively work in laying the groundworkfor the time when Chr ist 's own powerstructure will take over. That means thepreachingof the gospel.The principle of leverage is involved.Every effort you make toward furtheringthe gospel furthers the day when themyriad evils which seemingly can't- besolved will be solved. The Church ofGod i sdedica ted to the purpose of preparing the world for that day. Your support of the Churchof God and the Worki t is doing does more to change the na-

have is for a change, a very rad ica lchange . . . ." That 's why Inez and herfriends have become Marxists.A typical pauem emerges : A priest ornun goes into the slums honestly hopingto "do something" for the poor peopleliving there. But the situation isa hopeless mess, and the government is usuallyseen as a cruel oppressor. Since the conven ti onal means of hel pi ng the . poorseem to be gelling nowhere, the priest orDun,in frustration, turns to communism.Impatient with the -genuinely wretchedconditions in which more than twothirds of the world live, many religiousworkers tum to Marxism because atleast i t promises the poor a victory in anall-out "class struggle."True Liberation

The priests and nuns who take uparms to fight alongside the communistsin Lati n Ameri ca are ri ght about onething: If t he t er ri bl e p robl ems of thepoor are going to be solved, i t wil l meana total upheava l - an ins ti tutional andstructural change. .

They are also right that someone isgoing to haveto usc .force and -violencein' order t o effect' this change. The"power structure" (the apostle Paul usedthe phrase, "the powers that be") simplyisn't going to liedown and play dead.Paul made it clear, in Roman s 13,however, that Christians are not to try tooverturn the s tatus quo now."But theyare going to get the chance.Christians will have the opportunityto help Chris t ins ti tute divine government, which will overthrow the.existingpowers that be. Revelation 19: II describes Christ 's return to earth in termsof "making war." And Revelation 11:15describes the transfer of power fromhuman fal lible government to supernatural. infallible government..This i s why Chr is t instruct s his di s

"Procla im l iberty throughout al lthe l and unto all the Inhab itan tsthereof."

Revolutionary"Christians"The spectacle of professing Christiansforsaking the simplest and clearest principles of Christ - basic benevolence andnonviolence toward al l of humanity - .

and taking up alms in some "liberation"movement contains some vital lessonsabout the sorry stat e of t he world andwhat can bedone to change it,Simply put, for much of humanit y,conditions are wretched. An emotionaldesire for an end to such .misery causessome religionists to disregard all logic,

by Jeff Calkins

Inez is a Roman Catholic nun working i n the shan ty towns sur roundi ng amajor ci ty in Chi le. She is also a communist. ded icated to the vio lent overthrow of the existing gover nment ready to take up 'arms . even die in abloody confrontation if necessary in order to overhaul her society.Inez has made a long journey regarding her per sonal l oyal ties: from ostensibly serving Christ, who said, "Resistnot evil" an d "Love your enemies, blessthem that curse you" to serving the gospel of Karl Marx, who cal led the working class to violent revolution:"Workersof the world uni te, you have nothing tolose but your chains." ,Inez is only one of many. In Lat inAmerica particularly, revolutionarygroups and guerril la terrorists such asthe infamous Tupamaros are supportedby local missionaries sent from variousProtestant denominations in the United

: ; . . . . , ~ t \ ' S 'Y,estern ~ u r o l ' e And ,many, of the Roman Catholicpnests and nunshave also taken up the communist cause- even t hough it means being at oddswith the officialstance of their church.


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or ig ina l entry terms and threatening toquit the org anization -f it didn't get them .That renegotiation quickly became a diplomatic charade aimed at sooth ing Wilson's anti -Common Market cri tics withinhis own party .Leaders in the other eight countries ,rea li zi ng Wil son's internal di f ficul t ies,

went along, giving Wilson much neededoutside support. In return, the continentals had hoped for a greatershow of unityfrom London after the successful referendum . Tho se hopes p ersisted desp itewarnings f rom Roy Hattersly, Minister ofState for foreign and commonwealth atfairs, that the prospects of Europeanunion were very remote and that " it' s notthe policy of the B ri ti sh government topromote it. "So for these reasons Britain's partnersin Eur ope are f ee li ng a bit bruised anddepressed knowing thatthereare likely tobe other obstacles thrown up by-Britain incoming months and years .For many, many years Plain Truth hasbeen saying that eventually a " UnitedStates of Europe" is going to emerge.The other nations of Europe, and mostspecif ically West Germany, want to br ingabout complete political unity of Europe ."These nations 'are disturbed by thecontinuing arms race between the UnitedStates and the Sov ie t Union (despite detente), by the always potentially explosives ituation in the Middle East, and by tnewar right now developing in Angola . Theyare sick and tired of playing the role ofmere spectators on the world scene, unable to greatly influence condi t ions vitalto.Europe'aown security. . y e t , - t h e y -=--.,have at present no powerful global voice.Many of them want to see a EuropeanCommon Market grow Into a Un itedStates of Europe with ful l military - and

How Real I s the Common Ma rketCommi tment?

Garner Ted ArmstrongSPillS OUT!Britain "Brewing U pTrouble for EEC )(

been t rave li ng to B ri ta in - 19 yea rs nowsince I first visited this country - I havecome to know a bit about British workhabits . I have seen the problem grow increasingly worse.We used to comment back in the ear ly_19605 how the British workmen seemedto come to tea and . once in a whi le . tooka "work break ." That wa"s due to the Bri tish custom of " brewing up." (It was quitean experience for other all ied soldiers inWorld War II, in the North African earnpaign, and even in the bat tl e for Europeto see Bri tish tank commanderswho wereratt li ng a long on an attack suddenly put tover and " brewup " their tea .)When one sees Bri tish workmen takingtheir tea "br eak from ten o 'clock in themorning until nearly eleven . then again attwo o 'clock , and perhaps aga in a t four,he begins to wonder: When in the worldis the work ever done? .

[NOON: The Common Market nat ions problems of the Chrysler SUbsidiary . The These observations are made, by theare becoming increasingly i rked by Br itish governmen t has had to guarantee way, co mpletely irrespective of nation-t he British att i tude thesedays . Britain, to bailou t the Chrys ler corporation in alistic or political attitudes. No one haspopularly labeled the "S ick Man of Britain simply because o f the total lnabl l- spoken out more forcefully, continuously,

Europe, " has been , offic ially a t l east, a ity, it seems, of Chrysler to produce at a or perhaps bitingly concerning Americanmember of the European Economi cCom- p ro fi t in Br ita in. One strike after another, work habits , inferior production, or na-munity for three years now . But in a vari- with endless demands for more pay for tional sickness than have I. It would be ae ty o f issues fac ing the Common Market less work , is absolutely killing the produc- sha me i f Bri ti sh c it izens were inclined toin the last few months, Britain has taken tivity o f this nation - at least that of its dismiss very real problems by summarilywhat has been considered a petty or an once proud automotiveindustry. assigning me to the " ugly American" ro leunrealistic stand vis-a -vis the other mem - For example, as BBC television re- or calling me " that colonial " who seemsbers of the West European bloc. ported the other n ight , t he Chrys ler ' to de light in taking pot shots at the Brit ishRecently, for example, the British re- corporation had decided to begin pro- people . I happen to believe that , by the

j ec ted community -w ide water po llu tion duction of a h ig hl y c ompet it iv e l ig ht g ra ce of God, ',there will al wa ys be ancontrol measures on the grounds that weight new mode l it hopes is going to get England" _ but I also believe it will becontinental standards were too stringent. the company back on its feet financia lly. through a gr eat deal of tribulation andThe British are also opposed to various But instead of producing t he new mod el na tio na l SUffering brought upon a proud. , .-. ~ a r k ~ . ! e g u l a t ) ~ ~ ~ I ' { i n ~ ~ 7 ~ ~ i,:". __ o r t l : ' . ~ ~ t . e l ' y ... ~ " . - people by.' p r o b l e m s _ c , , - e a t e d ; , b ~ v ! t n e m ~ ..~ ~ and are dragging t h e l r c l d e d use Its plan t In 'France. Why? selves. . . ' .feet on the issue of direct elections to the Because com pany cost cont rol expertsEuropean parliament. Her EEC partners had calculated they could pro duce twicesee the parliament decision a v it al step as many cars in their French factory for

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